\u003cbr>\u003cbr>\n One of this year's GDC highlights was a talk by Monica Harrington, a founding member of Valve and the company's first chief marketing officer, who went over her history with the company that brought us Half-Life and Steam...\n \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/former-valve-exec-says-the-company-struggled-to-sell-half-life-until-coming-up-with-the-ultimate-one-simple-trick-of-marketing-manoeuvres-slapping-a-game-of-the-year-sticker-on-the-box/?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.\u003c/a>","versions":1,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:3606743.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:13","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost","apps":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"App:70","typename":"App"}]},"$NewsPost:3606743.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/PC Gamer/1794830911030736","author":"Rich Stanton","__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"NewsFeed:13":{"id":"13","display":"PC Gamer","__typename":"NewsFeed"},"App:70":{"id":"70","name":"Half-Life","__typename":"App"},"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"1794830911030736\",\"limit\":1})":{"news":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:3606743","typename":"NewsPost"}],"pagination":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"1794830911030736\",\"limit\":1}).pagination","typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"NewsList"},"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"1794830911030736\",\"limit\":1}).pagination":{"next":null,"previous":null,"__typename":"PageInfo"}};window.csrfToken="MJj2Q36r-6elbiJGysmFekf-Cffl3YVJ_P4I";